Crawfordsville Record, Volume 3, Number 34, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 22 November 1834 — Page 1

ECOR 'D kl.ltJrY ANn ?r.o,. x,.V V.M) FOKEVER, OXE AM) I.S'.P AIM FILE " VOLUME, m.-ivo. CM AWKOlt i).s VILI-E, INDI ANA, NOVEMBER 22. 1834. WHOLE NUMBER, ?,8. TiiT'TTIi I i-irrin ! lv . h fni m r. von ininit m,!; .if , .. .,l.,,.r. I,,.l !.,. t-t...... ;. . . . i .i. j I'J.i.lly , -. ... ..w v.. v n in-- in in yui it"ii "cHiinm. j.tii- II1UM UIUjCrSlUIHl VOIII' SIllHTl. .InH ,.,.J,..l .1 t,i of lh.it isk ! ,wu of-ceuc-ril !n...r: '.i... ;. C ..1 1: " 11 ., . . , . - . J. ' wrruvu 111 Uieif OtMWt. which t si A tor the scictici of pleading mas-j ail that belongs mil; ami then I your ; to I'V the 1 ittor. vmi nmu know min, t hr, "S upon LmlHon, at.) CoKeV thoughts and method must be nrf .Hir,,jiiv,N.,:tul Howuen's Reports master 1 themst Ives, & clearly and distinctly ! soon after .,- t 1 , At 0.) p:r auuuai, p;y v !: in .idv.nco, o i -md pntieu! 1 iy cIiineltT a; v i'v,i-;i t.ireo months m'hr the lim- o 1 your x'.vn countrym u. Vmi in sertUimj; ,ri f. w i'liia the year; or : v 00 .ifduou.dy, iho h iln'ts orr;;idiii.M!iiM'i!!-t,: roarno ori contingent tiun i.J-,l-.!,J,.,nt,i a I .. . '" "icr MiHieuuiia tor the o'S'i'vin'r. Una ':st .m vn11row.1l -jtOu

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B Muds, u win l u. u., ... ' -v;'- , .ltiv alui fi, m v resolved, may ew words; it is, "apte oisuncie i huh, u"' t i il.n F wt tglft ornate-diceio-'m speak to the! port to soma SSSi 5i the Kil-blo energy r 11 tnndnl sc d- ris WiM n, PVorv other. Uesotve to purpose-to speak clearly and dis-; with a car go of IU an W D(iuth ingtheAlp, IborioUB study, and dihgen, fi () in tincllvlo spcak gracefully. lo 'HI specie bonl n ,

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' "iCtUm ,rcsl"I4,:i.,,,v '""'fi'""'; soinetimos of ynM. j .iringu V.vu must. Iiy ardent study

;iuJ iruc?ice, acquno ( jr youisif a mastery man rises to professional greatness. !. !uiu.-o.jn,i i,., hot!, to sv;-tk There is a great deal of law learni wiiio ii, prompt !v, rasilv, cltT-msIv, ;m3;;..,- ,1 ..:.. ij 1 with ti, a JnLtv ck.li iii'T"iviit h ,ii-; n- ,h:u ,s d7;( :u !v h """z ; -r-, dia-rcoi roadt-is, iti.J dttr-ient sul-pcl?, . 11 M ls ari l ud;.l easlle, in per-

r.o:ii!rtU.uiy rotjuirm; s uo.ij .1 co-im-iad t' ii ps to l. .iW to tdipt . .,.1,;,.. ' y to ' v i) r.im ej'M 111 muiv u v'ti ! -liv.i:i't !:iJ V HI V I : I Jl.ld MO 1'; 'it 'A .!l M! ! I v i;i liiis:. if von h v t'v r-tti: rrrJi.-i r-n I.l .". 117.1 .i' -' -1 o.orroct V.iS:. U.1U1 i:ns sm: -v -i' !!P l.-ifijjM-!,!;.? you in i-;i tik 'cm! to unit- 1..' Ijmi:s !,v-.Jv Mit'ntion h1 thu (ii:i;r-ni -''itvi-'1 -it oi'all tint is p-'ssinsr aro.ei'.S you, .nnj icav'S cjos- ui.i us 'tui ihsu;m. u von n u , dos in.1 us ..'fill ihi.ikm. ll" H'c l. It'r 11L li i.1 ivni-L- i i'.. 1 I I ',! n 1 - . c , . ... . ' i.o'V, piriir-uinrly his 'hir ! v, 1 m.. ; nil v ti . ,-j , j t, , ; vvnl know wii.it I m.?;in n '1 ilhts of t'tscrvWVfunoi all i. Fi..,ik. lt;oi it is trti !).it hv i!Mii:itii'. hw iHMit 1 j hlbv "nd.t.Hv-d! i 1 1 ' I ' 1 s ' v y , w- :).iy cm. h ; au e:iHiWici' wo s.ionlu n .'ur ot, t iui Xor would Iv Invi; h?vn v!i IV-oiKlm h" was, if ho !i ui p rivntt (I liins iii.ns -lfto i

..........) I . .. . 1 .. : .. . 1 . . I .. 1 . 1 ! '00 N'wtoits. It is our U m.Mc! nl'iinr rum I l -in I 5 ' ri .1 rili'irivlmnlii's nnrl msvad t ihsc-un.'-;tnu ourselvrs lv compir:-1 ;;"y intpommae .o o-ocve ,!i l '5ris mdood .d-msi ail things ' :;lnrU lrt?vcly iU;ll um'? r' snlv'-d l "jk;v-iS a "' ot a '?VM'l1 "lm ...iindisangawacd in m a mic. V n oi jemus are very pt to was ureal m tint srontost ot all good sous im MTiu-irv irnnospi u niep. 10 )Miovo ' o-ialitio?, sound, strom:, coomion sense. A tu.'reb nk worm is a mise.rr.hle driveller; and a mere genius, a thing of gossamer, fit only for the winds to sport with. Direct your in'olioem efforts principally to the cuhtvaiin of !!v strong in useuhuo qu.diii js of the i . ... :. ji.;... iimo. ij:"-.r,M li rep mi u r hum, mt:n k'lin i he Pimple nervous lauguago, whiclt is iporopnate to t:i ! !;!:; o f i.'mi'uurT. R ' 1 1

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'ha fj ' d and po'iucid .ir.-ruineiiis -i Cliiet - i ' i .. . . , ,r . , i various iirnn try schools, and van.Justice Mus.rd!, and thos ot Alexander, . ,. , , ,

il imiton. which are cnng out. Read :

hom, study ih- ui; en 1 o'-.sMve with what m strueti ve am I useful that ever issued mi.opotent svvorpot tivMi!iM;ity ranMivr' Voni dK Bl itlSll press, to 'which he 'lie wiiole field ovrv suhj ti ih.-y lake in i . . - :,m !-a,,d Un.vviihHWvtii' so -f,,le, )n i J hmi.shwl, with lu own pen, some -oke. M.thatnot astvavvvsl-fisianiUny behiuijl die most masterly contributions, h ui. Hiace ynmsi If up to ths grat cf- and yet Ion lid time not ordv to keep torts, tfliiko for this giant -h factor of mind.!.)aco n.,jj, m, progress of die arts oillejvo r,vot!i:u-$! and irivoluv tor e.dl- rs. i i .. i . i i i , , , ,,; t ., ,, , ! and sciences, but to keep at the head l n.-'re is nothing in vurlotter tint Ui!gesis , , ii-necessity ef this '.o'momlion; I aiikeit d those w!f)Se peculiar and CXclllmeroly '.villi ref-reuce to tint tend nry o ive occupations these al ls and scidaoresconce whieh I Inve occrssionallv h1-'1'"' ej'c:ej! wen. 'S'hei e is a model of i ho -' tl to youthrrn omus. It i.s p iftct'vj - j i c i .i c , .! o ii ,..t . a, . o nifiu-irv and um (ulness worthv of c.e,!is;stf ut v;t!i these lirrcul ';iu liatnts ot J . - . thadvimr. to he a 1 ihonous soiden', and to all i.uir emulation. oil must, 10know all that hooks can teach. Tluscxten- deeil, le ,i vrpe it lawyer ; hut it Will sivo acquisition is necessaiy,not only to teach ,10f 4 (() tie a mere lawver more i I.. i

vim How tar sci-uce ins tmv.mcru ui -:i-.i i impotence and the nature of the subject, mj go-,, up the pmsuii ; uiil when you h .vj neistcred all the past conquests ot scii'iice, von 'II 1 . . . . I ...K., ki. , OWVMll Q'lll. ",M 1 ,,l'V , . ' T , v, ,,r i .-ii 1... l.-ni.w rn V iMinmni lo no sure I hat , " " , . ,i - " i m - ' '"' " , "s i'' illimitable ; f ''. . J J tract th ;t, fjV.f bcjo:,d the 'ultic.f. ou must never bo ti vvtlh , surfire olthmgs; probe them 1Mtfrtm. :,T,d IpI nothinrr ,,11 vou tinI'J 111'. L J J ..ll V-..'- - V, --HJ JJ J eoiiuneiirlino- :re not meielv for pnn.r., VJ V but for life. 1'ratdvlius habits of constant and deep excogtnation clung to him to the latest hour. Form these habits now: learn' all that mav be learned at your University, and bring all your acquisitions and your habits to the study ol the law which you say is lo be your profession; and when ou come to this study, come resolved lo master it not to pi ty in its shallows, but to sound all its depth. There is noknoAing what a mind

There is nounoAm- woui a miuo summoneo up w.e- " " rr? ' iw,nd from that

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Iwoik. It is no' hy shrink 1 nc: from

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Vo:i muM huJect preservation, which the le7ul

1 architect, who apircs to die first lio'iors ot !usproie-ifon,vvdldr'h.rht i '.pr)re, ann learn all me ues to wliirli its various parts used to he put : ami hi' will the hetti r underand, Mij v, ari l reli-h the progressive improvements of the science in mo-lem times. You must heamas- . ! .1 III .. . .... 1 i" .1 I i 1 in mi rv nniini 01 me science 1 . r .1 to H ti-hiMo-s to oi r pro ession the . ',w i nature ana o nations, the civil law, the merchant, the mari(Ji liw, fci the chart and outline of all which you will see in RKirk-dirf-i'"'1"1 Oo;innentaries. Thuseov :i - .., I Kill. ili. i . n.ili, I

to m .ke thojul ioarning, a master of the plead-

1 . ' . . - , . " , " ' " j philosopnical lawyer, you must i kep way also wilh the march of jsnieral Fcicucc. Do von think this , , f . '? t ... , ' "! to 1 in" at j bnnighatU, and SCO what a mail can - . . i m df, if well armed and well resolved Wilh a load of professional duties that wiuld of themselves, have been appalmgto the most of our countrymen, h? stood, nevertheless, at the I ' heat' of his party in the, House of Commons, and, at the same time, st;t in motion au i suneriiitendcd OUS penouieai vvoi'KS, IllO 111-SI in . ii.. .... ,.xn.. I pi'l l.ill li yOU till" IVI JUVJ1V II political lawyer and historian: thor oughly versed in me constitution and laws of vour country, and fullv acquainted with all its statistics, and the history ot all the leading measures which have distinguished the several administrations. You must study the debates in Congress, and observe what have been the actual effects upon the country of the various measures that ha ve been the most strenuously contested in their ori nn. You must be a master of the science of political economy, and esneciallv ot financiering, of w lueh so few of our young countrymen know any thing. The habit of obvervitiO' !i 11 that is missing, and think- . "g closely and deeply upon them, demand pre-eminently an attention to tin? political course oiyourcoun try. Hut it i time to close this let - teV, You ask for instruct ions ad apted to improvement in eloquence. This is u subject for a treatise, not for a letter. Cicero, however, lias summoned up the whole art in a

same rule of apte, distiuctc, ornate,'

and let your conversation have reference to the sumo objects. I do not mean that you should be elabor ate and ioimnl in your ordinary conversation. Let it be perfecdy simple and natural but always in good time, (to speak as the musician,) and well enunciated. With regard to the style of cloqucuce that you shall adopt, that must depend very much on yeur own taste ;ina gonitis. You are not disposed, I presume, to be an humble imitator til any man? If you are, you may bid f .roveell to "the hope of eminence in this walk. None are mere imitators to whom naturv has given original powers, ''ho ape alone is content with mere imitations. If nature has bestowed such a portion of this spirit ol oratory as can advance you to a high rank in this walk, your manner will be your own. In w hat style of eloquence you are best fitted to excel, you, yourself, if destined to excellence, are the best judge. lean onlv tell vou that the florid and Asiatic style is not the taste of the age. fne strong and even the rugged and abrupt, are far more successful. Bold propositions boldly and briefly expressed pith v sentences nervom common sense strong phrases the fclicit. nudnx both in - language and concept ion ; well coin paclod periods su.ideil and Strong ; m isses ol h.Oit m apt aaage tn English or Laini a keen 6isr(m a ui' reih'ss personality a moral thrust these are the beauties and delbrmitios that now make a speaker the most interesting. A gentleman and a christian will conform to the reigning taste so far only as his principles and habits of decouiLii will permit. The fLuid and Asiatic was never a good style, either for a European or an American taste. Wo require that a man should speak to iho purpose and come to the point that he should instruct and convince. To do this, bis mind must move with great strength and power ; reason should be manifestly hi master faculty argument should predominate throout ; but these great points secured, wit anil fancy may cast their light? around his path, provide d the wit be courteous as well as brilliant, and the fancy chaste and modest. Hut they must In4 kept well in the back ground, for they are dangerous allies; and a man had better be without them, than to show them in front, or to show them too often. Rut I am wearying you, my dear sir, as wi 11 as myself. If these few imperfect hints, on stil jects so e xtended and divereificd, can be'ot any service to you, I shall be gratified. Tbevmav. at least convince vou that vour letter has interested : mr u Vo,',r hehalf, and that I shall j ho hannv to hear of vour future iifame and prosperity. I oner you my respects, and tender the com pliments of the season. WM. WIRT. Massacre. A letter from Bata- , via (East Indies) dated April 23d announces the death of Capt. Philip Ic. I .ivinsTsion. formerly-an officer in the U. S. Navy, by the hand of violence, together with six ouo i . ii.:. t.; fho IManereons on ooaro in .

TO Jw'XdSThRtj AND, RECEIVERS OF UNITED STATUS LAND OFFICES.

Gr.xznAL I.axd Office, October '23d, CI i:TLirrEX': In coiisq'emce of represent tUions made to tiu- Dopjrtmciit rrspectinn' the opeMlions (,f iho thud clause of the irv strucions con mi nod in the circuit letter of U'Jd July last, I hava to info-m you that the Secretary of the Unsury, muvillmg to viihhold the advnlsges of the lam pre-emption i ivv irom pp!icanis v.ho may hnve rnerifoii"us and suhstsne d chimi'to iis 1-en 'litfi, nd who, hy rea'c n of circtim-tarices pr culiar in tlioir character, have no actual residence on the knd e'eirm-d, lis concluded so to modify the instruction ccmplairi 'd of, .-,s to ldmit as exceptions from the general p inciplc, such case3of the chjinoter referred e.-, as in the exorcise of a sound end lihenl .discretion, on your part, ?hall appear from fiotssatisfact ory rirovcd, to corae witSiin the nu.uT'ng laid intent of the act. The foil-wmg r,rs ntril ascximplca of th ci333 expressly r-for-.ed to: Where the cultivation mnyhareLoen m uJe l:y n unriiirried poison, without firmly, boarding and lodging wilh another frmily resident on a tract adjoining, or in t!,o imuipdi--.te vicinity of his ifi)p;f'V:!r.!!'s; or hy n married person living in a similar in inner: when there has been nciud nnd h'.:i fi le ireentiuii to reside on the hud cullivited, hut wiieie the preparation tv:s not coinpletf, or tle intonlion was fiustistcd ty uaavnid.'de ;!ccrdent; wlii're the tract cul'ivntcd m.-y h v ; !o-n a necessary u;d irin-gn! pution id afirrn and hintilion of in indiviLJud resi.in on nn -:djoirang irici, nr,-i wh-re, wehout ih' hid .-f th" piocot o'a of such additional culiiv o'ioii,he could not have' rmint'inH hirnvJf and fsmily, and centime-d to r side wiieio ho did; or whe.e, hy reason of i le unhcrd hy lc c. li-e.- t f 'Ivt lands culliVi.ti'd, the individual nvy Im lix d ins resid.-nc on a noi-dih riuuir-rt tii -!ti t . ail ilisr csr?, ?nd i.thers .ma! g.. us in di tr ciretiinstincef and fj)inr, wlieie lb f e's 're distinctly pewd, nni wi-.rre, m the ex. r . eof a sound Jindjiberal d'orei:on, yen -re s.ifislid that theycume widim il.e nc-rneio. rid intent of the- Isw, the thhd ri-ese (fd.ec:r-cul-ir let'er referred to, which ng r U lhr erection oft dwelling house f;,r the p. up- s a of habitations as t n quisite dfi'pos-'e.--:ion,'' is rnodifi d su a3 lo admit th rigiir of entry. 2. No )re-emjition tight to secte n 10, reserved for schools, can be sustain- d 'inder exiEtmg hn's,rior will the act of If't'i June, lNii-4, admit of a flouting rigtit of preemption tlsiwhcie, inlTirtue of a seUb'ii.r.nt nn iinpiovemeni in the Bixteenih seciion. Individual cltimtnls considering ihems'-lves aggrieved, und-rucii circ'imstnnces, will have to prefer ther claims lo Congress 3. Where an individual ostai lishes a right a" precmp'ion tor. fractional section containing less than one hundred and fix'y .icres, or lo a Viif quricr secuen, the other hdf of which was sold pic-vions to the d-lo of the Act, or to a retiduai y q nrter ovai ter of a section, which reiouary qunttcr quirier Km at h .ve l-en made such. by locations nnde under ihs Art of bh April, Iti.'iii, in i.srpnih as quiu ters of r eturns cannot originally lie elected, ks sucn, under the pirjempuon kiw.) in sll such c 'S", the fi 'Ciioiij'he hiif qu Mlr r, or the quartet qutvter, is to b's regarded a separate and tesuncl ir-ct, beyond die qu ,rrtity of which thep.ity cun ciaun no rghi to locate elsewhere, or on .dj uning l ini int in caiei where two ir mere um'ivk!i!,is are settled on any such tract , the tmjir-t icfu il settlers ar entitled to enter in tiu-ir jr:nt names, and czcii of those two is -nti led te receive a floating right to eiguiy acres elsewhere. 4. Wlirre A settled nn and cultivated a tract of public land m 1833, tad prior m tho llhh "June, iS34, sold his right to B, w' o continued to improve and occupy the same on that day, 13 is regarded as entitled to the benefits of 1 1 it. Act. 5. Where A cultivated a tract of public land in 1833, and had pk'.ced D thereon, as tenant in possession, who continued to inv prove and cultivate the same on Midi June, A is regarded as entitled to the right cf preemption, on din pr"of of cultivation $ occupancy as required hy the Act. But iu case A,Ww to the year 1S33, had placed a tenant on a tract of public lmd, who cultivated and possessed, agreeably to the tenor of the Act. the right of preemption ia to accrue to the tenant. 0. The testimony heretofore required to be taken, before a justice cf the pence, may also be taken before a notary public, or any other otticer duly qualified to administer oaths. 7. Where ihere are more tlnn two actual settlers on a tract, floating rigr.ts accrue to the two first actual settleis, ana lo none oj the others.. 8. QiiHrter quarters pf sections aro created vnly by the opewtioa of fh Act of mho?